Brush With Royalty In London
Recently, the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I had a full day layover in London, England. So we stored our luggage in lockers and headed out to explore.
(First, we had to visit the post office to exchange some ancient pounds for current currency, a task we were given by the elders to complete.)
The streets around Buckingham Palace were blocked off. The Qatar flag was flying everywhere.
Some guards on horseback passed.
We stopped and watched.
Then a carriage with King Charles III clearly visible in it passed. (He was looking his age.)
A carriage with Kate, Princess of Wales, visible followed. (She was looking extremely regal.)
The parade continued for many moments after that.
Dear Wonderful Hubby joked that every horse in England was in attendance. (grins)
It was all very exciting!
But not everyone was as enthralled as we were. During the display, one woman was enthusiastically taking photos…of a squirrel in a nearby park. (laughs)
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Love And Hamburgers In Dubai
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I were taking a City Sightseeing hop-on hop-off bus around Dubai. It had a longer stop at Atlantis, The Palm, a luxurious resort in the city.
From the bus, we watched a man eat a hamburger while he was waiting for a taxi.
The man, at first, looked like he has stepped out of a page out of GQ. He was impeccably dressed in a navy blue suit, white shirt and a royal blue tie with a geometric design on it. There was a silver Rolex on his wrist and shiny black leather dress shoes on his large feet. His dark hair was swept back. His skin was tanned. He had romance cover-worthy dark stubble on his square chin.
I say ‘at first’ because the hamburger he was eating was HUGE.
As the man was devouring it, his expression was blissful.
That hamburger must have been delicious. But eating it came at a price.
Its innards went EVERYWHERE. Hamburger toppings and juice splattered on the man’s chin, his cheeks, his suit, his shoes and the sidewalk.
We’re talking complete disaster.
(grins)
An equally well-dressed woman, around the same age, then claimed the next spot in line.
The man saw her, his eyes widened and he straightened…which yes, showed off his fit physique but also caused more of the hamburger to drip down his tall form.
He then OFFERED this beautiful woman some of his hamburger!
(laughs)
The woman looked at the burger, then at his chin, lowered her gaze to the bit of hamburger topping now clinging to his tie.
She grinned and shook her head, refusing his most generous offer.
He shrugged and said something to her. I suspect it was along the lines of “You don’t know what you’re missing. This hamburger is GOOD.”
He resumed eating the hamburger with great gusto.
The woman laughed and chattered to him and that was when the bus, unfortunately, moved.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I continued on our tour.
We don’t know what happened next but I project the woman and the hamburger-eating man exchanged phone numbers. There was definitely a spark between them.
(smiles)
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Snow Magic
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I flew home via London, England yesterday, on Christmas Eve.
The flight was packed with kids.
As we left London, some of them (stationed all over the plane) sang ‘Rain, rain, go away.’
On repeat.
For at least a half hour.
(I fell asleep after that.)
When we approached Toronto, we saw that the city was blanketed with a layer of fresh white snow.
One child whispered with wonder, “Snow.”
“Snow, mommy, snow.” This was said louder by another child.
Soon, it became a chant by kids seated all over the plane. I couldn’t understand some of the languages spoken but I KNEW what they were repeating.
Snow.
Snow.
Snow.
A child started singing the ‘Do you want to build a snowman’ song and other kids quickly joined in.
It was magical.
(smiles)
Truly magical as this snow had arrived on Monday, the 23rd, and we’re expecting 3 mm of rain on Friday, the 27th.
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